CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Premier
Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), a leading healthcare improvement company, was
named the best Strategy, Growth and Consolidation Firm by KLAS, an
industry-trusted research and insights firm, in its 2018
Best in KLAS: Software & Services report. This is the second
year Premier has received the designation. Premier is the only company
to have ever received this KLAS award for two consecutive years.

“Every day, we strive to help hospitals and health systems improve care
delivery, address inefficiencies and generate healthy margins that allow
them to continue to service communities in need,” said Kelly Rakowski,
senior vice president of advisory and collaborative services, Premier.
“We are honored to be recognized as a leader and trusted partner in
delivering high-value care and supporting and guiding providers as they
face new challenges and achieve success in today’s healthcare
environment.”

Premier consultants leverage clinical and operational insights from data
on approximately 45 percent of U.S. hospital discharges and tap into a
community of more than 100,000 healthcare professionals. These insights
allow our consultants to meet the needs of healthcare organizations as
embedded partners through onsite strategy and implementation support,
collaborative performance improvement cohorts, 24/7 on-demand data and
analytic tools, and virtual education and knowledge sharing.

KLAS ranks organizations and their solutions, according to input from
the healthcare professionals who use them, by those with the broadest
operational and clinical impacts on healthcare organizations.

As the leader in strategy, growth and consolidation consulting, Premier
received high marks for helping healthcare organizations navigate
through complex mergers, acquisitions and growth of their enterprises.
This work enables effective decision-making, addresses network
effectiveness and operational redundancies, aligns the physician
enterprise within the health system, enhances integration between
providers and payers and improves the ability to leverage growth
strategies.

About Premier Inc.Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) is a leading
healthcare improvement company, uniting an alliance of approximately
3,900 U.S. hospitals and health systems and approximately 150,000 other
providers and organizations. With integrated data and analytics,
collaboratives, supply chain solutions, and advisory and other services,
Premier enables better care and outcomes at a lower cost. Premier, a
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, plays a critical role
in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, collaborating with members
to co-develop long-term innovations that reinvent and improve the way
care is delivered to patients nationwide. Headquartered in Charlotte,
N.C., Premier is passionate about transforming American healthcare.
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